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The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [ 3] The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of ...
Chicago Fire (TV series) Chicago Fire. (TV series) Chicago Fire is an American procedural drama television series created by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, with Dick Wolf as an executive producer. It is the first installment of Wolf Entertainment 's Chicago franchise, which deals with different public services in Chicago, Illinois. [ 1]
Department. Chicago Fire Department. Ambulance 61 (S1–3; 5–6) Truck 81 (S3–5) Paramedic-in-Charge. (S1–3) Firefighter Candidate (S3-4) Firefighter/Paramedic (S5-6) Portrayed by Monica Raymund. Gabriela "Gabby" Dawson (Seasons 1–6, Guest Season 7–8) is introduced as the Paramedic EMS in Charge of Ambulance 61, at Firehouse 51.
The Great Fires of 1871 were a series of conflagrations that took place throughout the final days of September and first weeks of October 1871 in the United States, primarily targeting the Midwestern United States. These fires include the Great Chicago Fire, Peshtigo Fire, and Great Michigan Fire. In total, the fires burnt more than 3,000,000 ...
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the ...
The Chicago Fire of 1874 took place on July 14. Reports of the extent of the damage vary somewhat, but sources generally agree that the fire burned 47 acres (19 ha) [1] just south of the Loop, destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people. [2] The affected neighborhood had been home to Chicago's community of Jewish immigrants from Russia and ...
Chicago Fire. season 1. The first season of Chicago Fire, an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Matt Olmstead premiered on October 10, 2012, at Wednesday 10:00 p.m. EST, on the NBC television network. The season concluded after 24 episodes on May 22, 2013.
The Chicago Union Stock Yards fire occurred from December 22 to December 23, 1910 in Chicago, resulting in the deaths of twenty-one Chicago Fire Department firemen. [1] Until the September 11 attacks , the fire was the deadliest building collapse in American history, [1] although the Texas City Disaster of 1947 killed more firefighters overall.